Ramblings

I got out of Jury Duty today! I was so glad. The recording last night said to call today at 11:00 to see if I needed to report. So at 11:00 I called, and they said I had to report at the downtown courthouse at 1:00. What?! That gave me 2 hours to get ready, get Scott home or find a sitter, and drive to downtown Phoenix. So I called the courthouse and talked to the sweetest woman in the world, my new best friend, who told me that now stay-at-home moms can be excused from Jury Duty!
We are almost all ready for Halloween. Scott still needs to put decorations up, but all of the kids have costumes, and I have the night off of school. I can't wait to see the twins walking up to the door in their little octopus costumes holding little candy buckets (for me, of course). I might die of their cuteness. Macey is going to be Hannah Montana and Heidi is Barbie Mermaid. Their birthdays are coming up in a couple of months, so we are starting to plan their party, and let me tell you, it is going to be fun!
We have a couple busy and interesting months ahead of us. Heidi has an appointment in November with her cardiologist to check on her heart defect. I am really feeling like everything is going to be okay. But keep her in your prayers anyway! My surgery (hopefully my final one) is November 11th. It's at St. Joe's, which sucks because it's so far away, but that is where the specialists are. I am not looking forward to that recovery, but hopefully I will be feeling a lot better once I get through it.
And finally, we have a little announcement. I'll give you some clues. It wears diapers. It sleeps in a crib. It wears pink and has adorable dimples and curly hair. Can you guess it? Well, considering I don't have my uterus anymore, you are probably pretty confused, so let me help you out. We are getting custody of my sweet little niece Marley who will be 2 in January. We had a home visit with CPS last night so they could check out our house, and we have a meeting with CPS and the judge Friday morning. So it shouldn't be too long before we have another sweet little girl in our home! We know that it will not be easy, but we never considered not taking her. We have a structured, stable home, and Scott and I have an amazing relationship, I know that we will be able to handle it. Life will be crazy, but I wouldn't want things any other way.